Close your eyes, tap your heels together three times & think to yourself, there's no place like home, Judy Garland's famous ruby slippers are now up for grabs.
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00:00Close your eyes, tap your heels together three times and think to yourself,
00:05there's no place like home. There's no place like home.
00:09Calming, legendary words on this day to all of us, let alone Wizard of Oz fans.
00:15And now Judy Garland's famous ruby slippers are up for grabs.
00:19The iconic sequined studded shoes famously stolen nearly 20 years ago
00:24by a former mobster who thought they were decked out in real gems
00:28are now on the auction block.
00:30Bidding has started online and will continue until December 7th
00:34thanks to Heritage Auctions in Dallas.
00:37Current bidding, a whopping $812,500
00:42with the next minimum bid set at $825,000.
00:46The 1939 classic Wizard of Oz gaining new fans
00:50with the release of Wicked later this month.